Benjamin scables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.N

BENJAMIN SCARLES, OE CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE vCLINTON IVIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OE SAME PLACE.

METALLIC LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,449, dated August 28, 1888.

Application filed June 52, 1887. Serial No. 240.040. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SoARLEs, of Clinton, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Lathing, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyimg drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis an elevation of a piece of my improved lathing detached, and Fig. 2 an enlarged Vertical transverse section of the same represented as in position for use on the ceil ing of a room.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of metallic lathing in which the body or lathing proper is composed of wire-cloth and provided with furring; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a cheaper and more desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily' understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the body of the lathing; B, the furring, and C the beam to which the lathing is attached.

The body A is composed of wire-cloth, the warp, filling, and meshes of which may be of any suitable size. The furring B is also formed of wirecloth, being integral with the body A or formed from the same piece. It is nearly round in crosssection, but may bc oval, angular, or of any other suitable shape, and extends entirely aeross the web, it being understood that the web is provided at intervals throughout its length at its rear or back with corresponding furrings.

The furrings may be formed by bending the cloth over a rod or bar corresponding in cross section with the contour of the furring in cross-section and then withdrawing the rod,

or it may be formed in any other suitable mauner, either before or after the web leaves the loom. `On its side adjoining the body of the cloth the furring is closed, or nearly so, as shown at e, the body A at either side of the furring being bent or curved inwardly, as shown at t, so that when the plastering is applied and forced through the meshes of the body and furring-for example, to the line y the furring, the body proper, and the bent portions tof the body will all be cemented or bound together thereby and the furring rendered much iirmer and stronger than when it is so formed that its side adjoining the body of the lathing is open to a greater extent.

In attaching the lathing to the beam C a staple, w, is employed, but I also use alarger staple, m, which passes through the body A and through the furring laterally. Any suitable means for securing the furring to the walls or ceiling of a room may, however, be employed, according to the circun'istanccs of the case.

It will be obvious that by forming the furring-strips B integral with and extending across the web of cloth, as described, a very light, strong, and desirable lathing is produced at a comparatively cheap prices I do not, however, confine myself to forming the furring-stri ps B crosswise of the web or in parallelism with its warp-wires, as they may be arranged longitudinally or in parallelism with its filling-wires if preferred.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is l. As a newarticle of manufacture, a metallic lathing having a body composed of wirecloth and provided at intervals with furrings formed integral therewith and extending across the same, said furrings being closed or nearly closed on the side adjoining the body ot' the cloth, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a metallic lathi ng having a body composed of wirecloth A of lateral and longitudinal strands and provided at intervals with furrings B, formed integral therewith and extending laterally across the same, said furrings being closed or nearly closed on the face of the cloth, in combination with small staples rc, embracrcoA ing a lateral strand at the extreme rear of the bracing a lateral strand at the extreme rear 0f' furring and extending into the wall, snbstanthe furring and extending into'the wall, and tially as described. a larger staple, m, embracing a number of lat- 3. As a new article of manufacture, a meeral strands in the body of the cloth and fur- 15 5 tallic lathing havingabodycomposed of wirering and also extending into the Wall, subeioth A of lateral l(ind longitudinal strands stantially as described. and provided at intervals with furrings B,

formed integral therewith and extending lat- BENJAMIN SCARLES erally across the same, said furrings being Witnesses:

[o closed or nearly closed on the face of thel P. M. SHAW,

cl0th,in combination with small staples e111- E. L. SAWYER. 

